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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Scattering Seeds

Scattering Seeds… The Return Merchandise Call

By Carri Pratt

So I am about to do my P90X workout, my mother is planning
on coming over for coffee and I receive the inspiration to call and get
instructions on exchanging my new Vera (Wang not Bradley!) leggings I had purchased
online.Fortunately by now I am pretty
trained that when inspiration from The Holy Spirit hits, everything else waits.

I dial, I wait, I get a customer service agent to talk to me
on the phone.We are discussing my order
when another bit of inspiration occurs, “why haven’t you asked him about his
relationship with Jesus?” I think to myself.

“God, if this is You, please give me the words to say.” I
silently pray.“So, where are you
located?” I ask.“Mexico” he responds.Ok, I can use that, and we begin to discuss
resorts I have been to with my husband.

Then he reveals to me that he had been living in the United States
and his visa expired.He shared with me
that he was doing all he could to get back and he was in a bit of culture
shock.We began to discuss his faith and
he told me he really didn’t think about it much.I asked him where he would go if he died
tomorrow.He did not have an answer. We
talked for forty-five minutes.

The third hit of inspiration, “You need to ask him if he wants
to pray to receive Me as the Savior of his life.”Wow! Was this really happening?God was using me as a funnel to shower His
love and grace on this man.I boldly
informed him that “I really feel like The Spirit is prompting me to ask you if
you would like to pray to receive Jesus Christ as your personal savior.”I was floored by his response… “YES!”

We then prayed a prayer of salvation together and he invited
Jesus into his life!“This is one of the
most amazing moments of my life!” I thought.I told him to read Luke or John as soon as he could and that I would
mail him a Bible. (which I did within the week)

I also told him I
would be praying for him and would be looking forward to meeting my new
brother-in-Christ when we made it to eternity. I don’t think either of us
wanted to hang up the phone!What an
incredible moment.

It was amazing to see God use an ordinary return merchandise
call to snatch another one of His precious children from the enemy’s hands.God, You receive the glory for this
encounter!

And Isaiah says: “Iwasfoundbythose who were not looking for Me; I revealed Myself to those
who were not asking for Me.”Romans
10:20

Challenge:Use the
ordinary moments in your life to share your faith. The people of our world need
your light to shine on them.